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History's Unique Aircraft

Recent History's Unique Aircraft Stories

With a delta wing, jet engine, fixed gear, wooden structure, and less thrust than a Cessna 172, the bizarre combination of specifications is shared with no other aircraft.
Jason McDowell
History's Unique AircraftFairchild XC-120 Packplane Became an Intermodal Hope That Fell FlatJason McDowell
History's Unique AircraftBoeing 417, a Fascinating Footnote of Aviation HistoryJason McDowell
History's Unique AircraftExpense Ultimately Doomed Fast, Quiet CBA-123 VectorJason McDowell
History's Unique AircraftThe U.S. Navy’s Unconventional ‘Flying Pancake’ FighterJason McDowell
History's Unique AircraftThat Time When WACO Designers Went a Little CrazyJason McDowell
History's Unique AircraftThe Unusual Evolution of the Fairchild C-123 ProviderJason McDowell
History's Unique AircraftThe Hughes XF-11, a Behemoth That Never Made It Out of TestingJason McDowell
AircraftThe Untapped Potential of the Horten HX-2Jason McDowell
AircraftThe Hiller Hornet and its Ill-Fated Ring of FireJason McDowell
History's Unique AircraftThe Unfulfilled Promise of the Fairchild T-46Jason McDowell
History's Unique AircraftThe Bold, Bulbous Douglas Cloudster IIJason McDowell
History's Unique AircraftCessna 407: Full Steam Ahead, Right Up Until the EndJason McDowell

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